1. Go at your own pace in this 32-week online course
2. Artistic guidance & pointers from the instructor
3. Supportive peer community exchanging feedback
4. Class is in production. Start learning after Jan 29th, 2021




















Bring Your Characters and Worlds to Life!
Digital Illustration for Character and Settings with
Artist, Pinlin
WHAT IS THIS CLASS ABOUT?
WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?
WHAT WILL THE STUDENTS ACHIEVE?
Welcome
- Meet Your Instructor: Pinlin!
- Introduction to the class
Chapter 1: How to Use Clip Studio Paint for Illustration
- Set up the UI and shortcuts to your preference
- Look for brushes and test them out
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Layers, effects and use of filters
- Class Mission: Explore for yourself and see how settings work!
Chapter 2: Find Inspiration For a Sketch
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Use of materials in Clip Studio and 3D dolls
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Take inspiration from daily life, music videos, movies, other artists
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Setup a sketch and line art
Chapter 3: Anatomy Study and Practice
- Body proportions & body construction
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Class Mission: Draw two characters of different age
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Drawing body parts
- Class Mission: Draw two of your fingers/thumbs
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Drawing the head, hair and face
- Class Mission: Use a sphere and cube to practice hair shape and gravity
- Angles and foreshortening
- Pose practice + composition
- Clothing and details
Chapter 4: Composition and Perspective Ideas
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Explore compositions - Part 1
- Explore compositions - Part 2
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Class Mission: Place the objects in an interesting composition
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How to set up perspective
- Characters in composition
- Class Mission: Design a 1, 2 and 3 point perspective
Chapter 5: Find the Mood and Choose a Color Palette
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Choose colors for a character
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Class Mission: Choose photos and make a color palette
- How to set up a mood
- Class Mission: Take an object close to you and study what colors it has. Don’t take a picture
Chapter 6: Shading and Lighting
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Choose colors for shadows and lights
- Class Mission: Try to shade different objects
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Use of gradients
- Light reflections
- Shading styles
- Shading on different body parts and clothes
- Use the works in chapter 3 and apply what you learned in chapter 6
- Lighting in an environment
Chapter 7: Environment Design
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Background concepts
- Staging character in background
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Class Mission: Draw a character in the 1, 2 and 3 point perspective from Chapter 4
- Shading and lighting
Chapter 8: Tips About Improvement
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My thoughts about growing as an artist
- Learning curve
Bonus Chapter: How I Find My Own Art Style
- Rendering and detailing your work
- Experimenting
- Character design – Combine all your skills
Outro
Congrats on completing the class!
- Who want to expand their skills on Clip Studio Paint
- Who want to develop their own style of digital drawing
- Who want to be able to draw original characters and settings
- Who want to add another skills to their digital drawing
- Who want to develop a creative hobby!
Duration of the course
You can access the class videos for 32 weeks. Within that period, you can replay the videos in as many devices as you want.
Super Early Bird Offer
Once we pass the release date, we will no longer offered the class at "Super Early Bird". The rate will be raised after the date, right now is the cheapest deal you can get.
Installment Payment
Quadpay is available for the payment! Your order will be split into 4 installments paid over 6 weeks! To find out more, please visit Quadpay.
Class Preparation
We will send you the package before the release date(January 29th), if you have purchased the All-in-one package.
Class access
Class videos will be available by January 29th. We will notify you via email regarding how to access to the class videos on the release date.